SOCY 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Upper Class, Social Stratification, Social Inequality
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India has the most slaves with almost 14 million. America for more than forty years: is measured in two directions, horizontal mobility. Involves movement within the same social class: vertical mobility, movement up or down the social classes and involves upward or downward mobility. Measuring social class through socioeconomic status (s. e. s. : many disciplines, including sociology, use a proxy for social class called socioeconomic. Types of capital: capital: refers to an array of resources that people either possess or have access to and find useful in a range of social situations, there are several different types of capital, financial capital. Poverty: absolute poverty: the minimum level of income needed to meet basic needs such as food, clothing, and shelter, in the u. s. , the federal poverty guidelines dictate absolute poverty through the poverty line. America and is relatively poor compared to other americans. Demographics of the poor: the u. s. census states that there are approximately 46. 7 million poor americans or.
